Wednesday, June 14, 2017

KUWAIT CITY, June 11: When a Kuwaiti woman accidentally discovered
that her husband is married to another expat woman she reportedly went
to the apartment of the second wife and beat her, reports Al-Rai daily. A
security source said this was discovered when a Kuwaiti woman, the
first wife ordered a meal from the restaurant and gave the address and
telephone number of her husband.
Since the husband was accustomed to ordering the food from the same
restaurant when he was with his new wife, the restaurant employee told
her the telephone number is correct but they have a different address
registered under this number. The first wife asked for the address,
noted it down and went to the apartment and knocked on the door. When
the woman answered, she asked for who the apartment belongs to, and when
she said it belongs to her husband and said she got married to the man
eight months ago. She told the woman the man met her in a shop where she
was selling perfumes, fell in love with her and they got married. The
first wife got furious and beat the second wife. Both wives are held at
the police station for fighting and the husband has been summoned to
solve the ‘mystery’.

---Doesn't everyone know the game of call Pizza Hut to find out where someone lives? Come on guys, you have to be smarter than that!

Monday, June 12, 2017

GCC citizens impacted by diplomatic crisis
DOHA, June 11, (AFP): Rashed al-Jalahma, 22, has lived almost his
whole life in Qatar, but he now faces the decision of whether to stay or
return “home” to Bahrain. The aeronautical engineer student is one of
thousands of “Khaleejis” — Gulf citizens — impacted by a diplomatic
crisis which has split the region, and the human cost of which is just
beginning to show.

“The people have nothing to do with this, it’s irrational,” Rashed
told AFP. “Home is where your heart is and I certainly believe Qatar is
where my heart is. It’s my home.” Rashed has only visited Bahrain four
times in his life. He was born to a mixed couple: his father is Bahraini
and his mother a Qatari but the couple split up when Rashed was six.
The young Bahraini national has lived all of his life with his mother
and two sisters in Doha.

On Monday, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and other
allies severed ties with Qatar, accusing it of backing terrorism, and
imposed punitive measures. These include banning Qatar Airways from
airspace and closing the country’s only land border with Saudi Arabia.
Gulf states also ordered Qataris out within 14 days as well as
calling home their own citizens. The decisions threaten to break
families apart in ways unimaginable in the Gulf where previously
residents had the right to live, work and travel in any of the six
energy-rich country they chose.

Treatment
Amnesty International, long a critic of Doha over its treatment of
migrant workers, has warned of “heartbreak and fear” suffered by
ordinary people caught in the diplomatic crossfire. “Saudi Arabia,
Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates are toying with the lives of
thousands of Gulf residents as part of their dispute with Qatar,
splitting up families and destroying people’s livelihoods and
education,” the London-based rights group said. With the deep family,
heritage and commercial links between the Gulf countries, tens of
thousands of people are potentially affected. Many like Rashed are now
facing tough choices. Rashed said if he stays in Qatar he could
potentially lose his Bahraini citizenship and become “stateless”. The
law in Qatar does not allow mothers to grant nationality to their
children “without exception, even if this would result in
statelessness”, according to the United Nations refugee agency. In Qatar
alone there are 11,382 residents from Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the
UAE, according to Doha’s National Human Rights Committee.

Almost 6,500 Qatari men and women are married to partners from those
three countries. Committee chief Ali bin Samikh Al-Marri says the
decision by the other countries represents an “unjust embargo which
violates all international human rights” charters. One Qatari mother who
lives in Saudi Arabia is facing a particularly tough dilemma, according
to Al-Marri’s committee. The woman has a child with special needs who
holds Saudi nationality and the mother has been told the youngster will
not be allowed to leave the Kingdom even though she must return to
Qatar.

A Saudi awaiting kidney surgery in Qatar has also been ordered home,
the rights group said. Footage of a Saudi family being stopped at the
border from attending a family funeral in Qatar has also been circulated
widely on social media. The humanitarian aspect of the row has caught
the attention of those outside the Gulf.

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has urged Saudi Arabia and its
allies to ease their “blockade” of Qatar and warned of the “humanitarian
consequences” of the measure. “We’re seeing shortages of food, families
are being forcibly separated, and children are being pulled out of
school,” he said. Saudi and Bahrain on Sunday announced they have
established hotlines for those affected. Riyadh said it was ordering
“suitable measures” to help families with mixed citizenships but
provided few details. Qatar has announced that residents from other Gulf
countries, like Rashed and his sisters, can remain in Doha. But the
threat of statelessness remains should Rashed fail to return to his
father’s country of Bahrain. “My mother … I have never seen her this
worried and anxious,” Rashed said. “She’s a neurosurgeon. She does
surgery for six to eight hours a day.”

---This is really sad, it is affecting the lives of innocent people. To not allow a family to receive the body of their loved one and banned from attending their funeral is disgusting. I see so many videos of Saudi guys spray painting and destroying cars from Qatar, what kind of respect is that? Qatar has said that all citizens will be allowed to stay, even if they are from the countries that have banned them which shows Qatar is acting like an adult. How can the protectors of the Holy site stop Muslims from visiting when it one of the 5 pillars of Islam? I believe every country is somehow aligned with their enemy yet Qatar is accused of supporting terrorism? Those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones!